Where does DKL International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DKL International, Inc. ranks #46,197 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does DKL International, Inc. hold?

DKL International, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is DKL International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DKL International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DKL International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DKL International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for DKL International, Inc.'s patents?

DKL International, Inc.'s patents average 20.2 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the DKL International, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

DKL International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does DKL International, Inc. focus on?

DKL International, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DKL ranks #46,197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#46,197
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46197 · US Corporation #46,197 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,197/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DJB Group
CPC-NARROW G01N · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DJB Group LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DKL International · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DKL's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Where DKL's grants concentrate

DKL International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, DKL sits between DJB Group LLC and DMG Mori Ultrasonic Lasertec GmbH.

DKL's three-year grant acceleration

DKL International, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

DJB Group

5
DJI Technology

5
Dkfz Deutsches Kr…

5
DKK

5
DKT Verwaltungs-

5
DLT Global

5
DM Orthotics

5
DMG Mori Ultrason…

5
DKL International ◀

5

What this shows DKL holds 5 patents at rank #46,106, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DKL

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,106 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in DKL's primary technology class.

DKL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DKL International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2022	3	60.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does DKL International, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,197

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

DKL International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DKL International, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #46,197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DKL International, Inc. against DJB Group LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.